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L. ENGEL NOV. 10, 1925 STATION FINDER FOR TIME TABLES Filed March 14,1925 2 Sheeis-Sheet J.

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L. ENGEL STATION FINDER FOR TIME TABLES Filed March 14. 1925 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Nov. 1925.

UNITED STATES LEO ENGEL, 0F ASBURY PARK, NEW JERSEY.

STATION FINDER FOR TME TABLES.

Application filer, trafen i4, 1925. serial no. net.

To all whom t may conce/m:

Be it known that I, Lito ENGEL, a citizen of the United States, and aresident oi" Asbury4 Parli, county ot Monmouth, and State of New Jersey,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Station Finderstor Time Tables, of which the following is a speciication.

The object of this invention is to provide an article intended to beused in connection with railroad time tables or the like, to enable theuser ot the same to more readily locate train data appearing on the timetable. The tables in use at the present time are oi considerable lengthand bear a Alist of the stations near one ot their ends. lt is withconsiderable diliieulty that' a person is able to trace the time atwhich the various stations are reached by the various trains,especially' when the data regarding a particular train is located atsome distance on the sheet from the point where the list of stations islocated on the table. The main obs ject, therefore, ot' this invention,is to provide a simple and inexpensive device which will bear the listof stations as they appear, in both directions, and which may be movedon the time table to a position adjacent to the data appearing thereonrelating to any train in which the user may be interested, thus enablingthe user to ascertain all of the facts regarding the train withouthaving to trace the various stations across the time table.

lilith these objects, and such other objects as may hereinafter appear,in view, I have devised the particular arrangement ot parts hereinafterset forth and more particularly pointed out in the claims appendedhereto.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a parthereof, in which-- Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a time table,showing my improved linder as the same appears when in use;

Figure 2 is a sectional View on the line 21A- 2 ot Figure 1, loolring inthe direction et the arrows;

Figure is a plan view of one end of the tinder showing the same in anunfolded or flat position;

"mig-i e elis a perspective view ot the ier, -iowing the opposite sideot the same that shown in Figure 1, and' Figure 5 is a perspective viewclearly showing the central slot with which the finder is provided, andthrough which the time table is adapted to be moved.

Throughout the various views or the drawings, similar referencecharacters designate similar parts.

ln the preterred embodiment of my invention, as disclosed in theaccompanying drawing, l have shown my improved linder as being composedof a single sheet or piece of thin and flexible material, such as strongbut flexible pasteboard, celluloid, libre or thin metal. rlhe same iscomposed of two flaps 1 and 2, which are ot greater length than thewidth ot the time table on which the article is intended to be used. At3 is indicated a told line which is located between the flaps, and thedevice is intended to be longitudinally folded upon this line 3. Locateddirectly upon the told line 3 is a slit d, which is of greater lengththan the width of the time table, and said slit 1- is provided withenlarged en ds 5, so that tearing or enlarging of the slit at its endsduring the use of the article is prevented.

0n the tace of the flap 1 is provided a list of stations 6 which listcorresponds to the list ot' stations appearing on the time table at 7.@n the rear face of the flap 2 appears a list of stations appearing onthe time table at verse order to those appearing on the list indicatedat 6.

The manner in which the article is used will be readily apparent fromthe foregoing. The time table 8 is passed through the slit 4 and theflaps l and 2 are folded with respect to one another so that the list ofstations 6 on the vflap 1 appears over the list 7 on the time table.Assuming that the user is interested in the train data appearing as at9. To use the finder, he simply moves the same along on the time table,or draws the time table through the slit d, until the list of stations6, appearing on the flap 1 becomes located in juxtaposition to the traindata 9. lf interested in trains going in the opposite direction, thetime table is turned over on its opposite face, where the list of trainsgoing in the desired direction usually appears, and without withdrawingthe time table from its position in the slit 1, the iaps 1 and 2 arefolded bach against one another so that the list of stations appearingon the flaps 2 at 8 is outermost. This list 8 corresponds to the list l0appearing on the back face l1 of the time table, and the finder .ismoved along until it lies adjacent te the data ritter-.ting the train in-which the user is interested.

Having described my invention, what l claim is:

l. An article of the class described comu prising a sheet having a pairor reversible flaps separated by a igle feld line, a slit en said foldline through which e time table is adapted te he inserted, a list o`stations en one ot Hans corresponding to a list of stations appearing;en one tace et the time tablej and a list elf stations en the other flapcerrespondii j to iist ef stations appearing` on the other iace et' thetime table.

2. in article et the class described comprising;- a sheet termed withtiro connecting` flats. a i' ld line between the iaps, a slit on tieline et sa 'd told, and a list oit stations on each of said deps.

in article of the ciaf' described ceniprising;` a sheet folded to ferm apair ot iiaps, a slit in said sheet through which a time table isadapted to Jpass, a list et1 stations on one of said iaps and a list ot'stations on the other iiap appearing in a reverse direction to those onthe first mentioned list.

1l. in article ot the class described comprising a sheet folded te terma pair of connected flaps. e slit entendinglongitudinally cf the sheetand located en the line oit the told, a list et train stations appearingon @ne face oi one o t' the itlaps.` and a list ot stations arrangeiilin reverse positions appearing on the bat-l2; tace et the other hap.

An article ot the class described comp isingj a sheet ot' flexiblematerial havinga central leW vitiidinally extending slit through which atime table is adapted to pass, said sheet being adapted to ifcld on theline of seid siitVH a list ci stations on one face of the sheet adjacentto the slit7 and a list of stations in reverse position on the haclrface of the sheet adjacent to the slit.

G. fin article o the class described comrisingr a sheet divided to forma pair of 'ai s, a slit located between said flaps, a list ci stationson one tace ot the sheet adjacent te the slit end a list et saidstations in reverse order en the opposite face of the sheet adjacent tothe slit.

Sifmed at cit7 of 'Blew York, county of New York and State or" New York,this 13th da.;7 of Marchj 1925.

LEO ENGEL.

